St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-11-02

judgment. TO keep the peace of the
town as absolute on the day of the exc
cutiOn as it is this sunshinY moment
The sympathy which | feel for these
men as men i'll trouble is shared, l
think. by all the citizens of
the town, and it is particularly
keen for those who have wives and
children. You know that each day they
have what is called an exercise hour, at
which time the wives and little ones are
permitted to came to what is called the
prisoners cage, an enclosure in the
corridor, and between the bars the
wives thrust their fingers. which the
poor men kiss and fOndle, while the lit
tie ones at times are permitted to enter
the cage, and most touching sight it
IS. assure you, as they are fOndled in
their fathers arms, or carried. around
upon their shoulders. At these hours
| many visitors ask permission to enter,
and it is freely granted, for there is
really no danger. They are all married
save two, and they have sweethearts." 5"
1t is generally believed, Mr.. Mayor,
that in case the supreme court decides.
as it probably will, adversely, the gov
ernor will interfere on the behalf of
some of those men, committing their
punishment to long term of imprisOD-
FIELDEN AND SCIIWAB.
Il believe that Fielden and Schwab,
through their friends, anticipate favor
able action by the governor. Fielden,
however, is the only one who has peti-
toned the governor; Parsons, you know,
says, Give me liberty or give me
DEATH and he is the only American
born among them all, a brother of Gen.
Parsons, formerly of the Confeder-
ate service from the state of Texas; but
| wish it to be distinctly understood that
with the execution per Sc the mayor of
the city has absolutely nothing to do.
He is charged, as | have said, simply
with the preservation of the peace in
the town. For that he relies primar-
lily upon the police. If they fail he
calls upon the sheriff, who has power to
enlist citizens, and if he fails we call
upon the state, when the governor
must furnish troops. The sheriff
is like MYSELF. Republican. and we
are in entire accord in this grave and
serious matter. The preparations for
the execution are made. For them the
sheriff alone is responsible. lie will in
vite to that execution his deputies, the
jury which convicted the condemned,
the representatives of newspapers prop
erly accredited and jury to view, in
legal parlance, the body, kind of cor
Oner's jury, who will testify as to the
cause of death. l am very glad to
have the opportunity to assure the cOun-
try that all talk about apprehension of
turmoil, of blOOdshed, of social or civic
upheaval, is worse than bOsh. 1t is
born of the diseased imagination of peo-
pie who write for the foreign press,
which would find no cOuntenance here,
hns "a hn ali nf anl
know better. and the evidence of our
multitudinOus citizenship would con-
trOvert any expression of that kind"
1t is but fair to say that the feeling of
entire security expressed by Mayor
Roche seems to be shared by the solid
men of the city.
WARREN F. LELAND,
known as a chief member of the great
Leland family, proprietor of the Leland
MOTEL here. represents quite a million of
taxable property here and is OutSpoken
i'll his feeling that the law must take its
course. Those men," said he, ''were
charged. tried and convicted of specific
crime. Every avenue of the law was
opened up to them. They have had eX-
pert counsel and perfectly fair trial.
Had they had anything but a fair trial
for one would have been dissatisfied. L
wanted the thing tested. This big
cOuntry-big enough for native-bOrn
Americans and for fOreign-bOrn emf
grants if they behave themselves. |
believe in independence of thought,
speech and action. but also believe in
respect for our constitution and unquali-
fled obedience TO our laws. If foreign
gentry don't like us let them keep
away. If they come here they must
abide by the same laws that govern us.
! am heartily glad an appeal was taken
from our local court to the supreme
court of the state and from that to the
supreme court of the United States. |
can see no possible chance for the con-
demned there, but | am no lawyer. If
the United States court interferes, as a
citizen. / shall say, 'all right but it
does not, and common sense says it will
not. then in the name of an outraged
country, | say, Let the law take its
course sympathy is right and proper
and natural. but where does it begin.
with the dead men or the condemned?
IsAw HORACE M'VICKER,
of McVicker'S theater, to-day. He was
buSily engaged in preparation for busy
and an eVentful season. but paused long
enough to say: Anarchists, oh. yes.
Well. let me say to you that Chicago is.
like Illinois in general, as calm and
placid as the traditional moon in May.
The men sentenced to be hanged will be
hanged, and they should be. l don't
mean to say they all should be hanged,
because there is some ground for com
mutation. though not overmuch, of the
sentence of two of them. but the gang
as a gang must go, All this talk about
excitement is idiocy. am, as all theater
managers are. a law-abiding citizen. If
the court had decided in favor of the
anarchists | should have accepted
the decision. As they have decided
against them, | accept that. / am
very glad the condemned had money
enough TO pay the expense of their
present appeal. As an American citi-
zen l am heartily glad that they have
exhausted the legal possibilities, so that
no one can ever say they had no fair
show The fact is the one fault in the
whole procedure is the delay. Had
these men been tried and convicted and
sentenced at once the world would have
applauded. but the lapse of time has
blunted feeling for the dead and reused
ii for the living, and there we are. All
this talk of the blood of the martyrs be-
ing the seed of the church is puppycock.
We hear only of the martyrs who died
for subsequently proved just cause.
but nothing is said of thousands who
died in vain and for causes which had
no ground i'll honor or in truth. No.
no! 1t is the CALLED jade that winces.
These men defied the law to which they
now appeal. That law has sheltered
them during argument, and now if it
decides against them let the play move
On." JOE HOWARD, JR.
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